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that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law. clearly president obama does not want us to get that chance. he want his last two years to look just like his first two years of his presidency. it was to perpetuate progressive government for at least a generation. why? he thinks it is the right and to do. to do that, he needs to delegitimize the republican party and house republicans, in particular. he will try to divide us. he will try to get us to fight with each other, question each other so we do not challenge him. if we play into his hands, we will betray the voters who supported us in the country that we serve. we cannot let that happe
that is just healthcare. now the president is implementing his agenda. we will see that the benefits are far less than advertised. the costs of this agenda are huge. we spend when chilean dollars more than we take in each year. we spend $1 trillion more than we taken each year. we cannot keep that up. that is a moment where our economy stalls. we will have to convince the country to change course. we had to reform entitlements. we had to revisit the healthcare law. clearly president obama does...
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healthcare system. in 2008, americans made almost one billion office visits to the dr.. 50% were to primary care doctors. according to patrol -- access to primary health care results in better health outcome, reducing health disparities, and lower spending by reducing emergency room but when you get people to the dr. when they showed, they do not get sicker than they otherwise would be at great cost. the problem we are discussing is a national problem existing in 50 states and the country. it is even worse for particular geographic regions. the ratio of primary care doctors in urban areas is 100 per 100,000 people. double the ratio in rural communities where it is 46 per 100,000. urban communities have problems. rural communities have greater problems. 65% of primary health care a national shortage areas are in rural counties. my own state does better than the rest of the country in terms of primary health care providers per 100,000. i cannot tell you -- and vermont, people have difficulty getting to th
healthcare system. in 2008, americans made almost one billion office visits to the dr.. 50% were to primary care doctors. according to patrol -- access to primary health care results in better health outcome, reducing health disparities, and lower spending by reducing emergency room but when you get people to the dr. when they showed, they do not get sicker than they otherwise would be at great cost. the problem we are discussing is a national problem existing in 50 states and the country. it...
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if you look at the new jobs growth, quite a significant amount of new jobs growth is in the healthcare space. i think it is back to, how do we think about what needs to be done with respect to creating and redesigning our work force necessary to support care management, disease management, moving people who do not need to be in institutions, whether it be a nursing home or a hospital in to the community? surely more needs to be done about developing career paths, etc. but to the extent that we are bringing more people in, to the point of resisting the traditional fee-for-service model, which is the way they get paid, that is not a good thing. without taking too much time -- i think these are the kinds of discussions that really need to be held at the state level, because you want to look at the building constructions. you want to look at what has been going on. there has been an explosion of building and construction. how can we possibly deal with the overhead demands that that creates in the future if you think about reducing health-care costs? how do we think about opportunities to d
if you look at the new jobs growth, quite a significant amount of new jobs growth is in the healthcare space. i think it is back to, how do we think about what needs to be done with respect to creating and redesigning our work force necessary to support care management, disease management, moving people who do not need to be in institutions, whether it be a nursing home or a hospital in to the community? surely more needs to be done about developing career paths, etc. but to the extent that we...
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lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health- care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he built a house, and he cannot buy it because the bank tanked his loan. this guy is the most reliable thing you could ever imagine, and then we read that dodd- frank and obama would not allow it. do we have to find these stories where our own government is killing us every day? >> yes or no question, should we find those stories coming you guys? john, you want to start? >> sure, that is part of the way a leader sells its policies, through an illustrative anecdotes that seems to connect and resonate with people -- through illustrative anecdotes that seem to connect in resonate
lyndon johnson has destroyed american healthcare, the health- care profession. i had a 450-pound man the other day telling me to f myself because i kept pressing him to become healthy. if he did, he would lose his social security disability income. the other day, mike i.t. employee, bright young kid, high-school graduate, just got himself $110,000 job -- my i.t. employee. got his home loan pulled because he had a squabble with a crooked builder. dropped the house, gave away his $1,000, but he...
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chuck, are we the movement of healthcare? >> -- healthcare? >> we are not quite the movement, and it is good the alarm has gone off that there are consequences to the nationalization of healthcare that will destroy civil institutions, religious mostly in this case, that provide healthcare for nonprofits that do. think of the ironies. if you are a pro-life center and you get to 50 employees, you will have to provide abortion services? civil institutions, religiouswhen we , the health care issue did not get the attention. i do not know if i could define today what the alternative to obamacare really is overall. bits and pieces live through the night, like buying insurance in other states, tax reform -- heritage has done a great job of summing a comprehensive plan. i personally would tweak it a little bit. at the end of the day, when we have the opportunity, and i would urge the congress now. we have the house. why wait for the deadline for what they want to do? why doesn't the house pass everything a republican or a conservative would want so th
chuck, are we the movement of healthcare? >> -- healthcare? >> we are not quite the movement, and it is good the alarm has gone off that there are consequences to the nationalization of healthcare that will destroy civil institutions, religious mostly in this case, that provide healthcare for nonprofits that do. think of the ironies. if you are a pro-life center and you get to 50 employees, you will have to provide abortion services? civil institutions, religiouswhen we , the health...
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it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance that that event, but we must continue to do more. working with the attorney general, my administration will use these funds to assist those in nevada who have been hardest hit by the housing crisis. we are obligated as leaders to find ways to keep people live in their homes and families together . i would use every means at my disposal to help people to stay in their most important possession, their home. [applause] the recession has hurt the entire nevada family. state employees have seen their pay cut and they have been required to take unpaid furlough days. tonight, i am announcing that we wil
it includes more support for autism, early intervention services, piloting, 24-7 healthcare, increase in community-based services for the disabled and senior citizens. [applause] we have all been touched by the housing crisis over these last few years. thousands attended a free housing events in vegas want to buy our own department of business and industry called home means nevada. over 250 representatives from banks met with home owners and provided help on the spot. many received assistance...
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one is focused on providing loans to small and midsized healthcare companies. then i started a company called capitalsource, which is a broad- based lender to small and midsized companies around the country. we have created several thousand jobs, helped thousands of businesses to grow. it is still a public company today and thriving. host: what is the background of a -- does the background of the cao -- ceo bring to congress? guest: i happened to be unique in owning public companies, but we have a different perspective on how the private sector works, what is needed to create jobs, the role of government and the private sector, and how they can come together to benefit citizens. if you go around the world and look at places where the economies are thriving, you see very good public/private harder ships and that is what i -- partnerships, and that is what i would like to work for. host: if you would like to talk, here are the numbers -- you are one of the wealthiest house members. how do you stay in touch with your constituents? guest: the one thing in life that
one is focused on providing loans to small and midsized healthcare companies. then i started a company called capitalsource, which is a broad- based lender to small and midsized companies around the country. we have created several thousand jobs, helped thousands of businesses to grow. it is still a public company today and thriving. host: what is the background of a -- does the background of the cao -- ceo bring to congress? guest: i happened to be unique in owning public companies, but we...
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a senate health subcommittee will hear from healthcare professionals about the primary dr. shortage. that is here on c-span at 10 o'clock a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 a.m., on c-span3, the american enterprise institute examines how the film "zero dark thirty" petraeus enhanced interrogation by the cia. >> one cannot count the times that americans say that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world? everybody thinks their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe that we are the best? what does that mean? why do we have to assert it? what does it mean to other people who consume it? american products go around the world, information products, go around the world, so you are observed by people in every corner of the world. we teach them not to like us. gratuitously. >> author, activist, and trans africa founder randall robinson. three hours live on booktv on c- span2. >> a bipartisan group of senators is proposing changes to immigration laws, which would include a pathway to citizenship for the 11 mill
a senate health subcommittee will hear from healthcare professionals about the primary dr. shortage. that is here on c-span at 10 o'clock a.m. eastern. also at 10:00 a.m., on c-span3, the american enterprise institute examines how the film "zero dark thirty" petraeus enhanced interrogation by the cia. >> one cannot count the times that americans say that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. of all the countries in the world? everybody...
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as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40 years ago, they certainly did not do x any favors. they certainly did not do us any favors by doing it in january. despite that, the threat of snow and ice did not to chew away. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] on january 22, 1973, the date the supreme court handed down a ruling on rover sway -- roe versus wade, i was working at an emergency room in baltimore. this was a time he was still not widely accepted for women to pursue a career outside the home or own a business or run for elected office. have madeose inroads towards tender equality, abortion on demand continues to undermine
as a healthcare professional, she knows that a nation that has a pro-life law as its underpinnings is a nation that respects and supports good and meaningful health care for women. congressman black is an active member of the pro-life caucus, the house values action team and serves as vice chairman of the houses gop dr. caucus. with that, please hear her remarks. [applause] >> thank you so much. i am so inspired by the crowd that is here today. when the supreme court made the decision 40...